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The royal commentaries of Peru, in two parts ... : illustrated with sculptures

by: Vega, Garcilaso de la, 1539-1616

Publication date: 1688

Topics: Incas, Indians of South America

Publisher: London : Printed by Miles Flesher, for Jacob Tonson ..

Collection: getty; americana

Contributor: Getty Research Institute

Language: English

Item Size: 1.9G

"[Rycaut] had a very slight knowledge of the Spanish language and he did not scruple to make wild guesses at the meaning of sentences, and to omit whole chapters. Thus he only gives fourteen out of the twenty-six chapters in the first book, and sixteen out of the twenty-six in the second"--C.S. Markham's introd. to the First part of the Royal commentaries, 1869-71, v. 1, p. xvi

Illustrated with ten unsigned copperplate engravings

Library copy has two versions of the title page, one printed in red and black, and the other reset and printed in black only

Bound in modern boards; gilt red label on spine

Notes

No table of contents. Foxing. Narrow margins. Gutter included to avoid cropping text. Some text is impossible to capture. The mild cropping of text has been approved by the library partner.